tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post2452975344995644837..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: Semi-Open Thread: Have You Read Edward Baptist's Brilliant Observation About Whiteness, Slavery, and America's Original Sin?Lady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-2472821877145039362014-11-12T18:02:26.802-06:002014-11-12T18:02:26.802-06:0011) ...And Justice For All - Metallica.
Lyrics:
...11) ...And Justice For All - Metallica.<br /><br />Lyrics:<br /><br />Halls of justice, painted green<br />Money talking<br />Power wolves beset your door<br />Hear them stalking<br /><br />Soon you'll please their appetite<br />They devour<br />Hammer of justice crushes you<br />Overpower<br /><br />The ultimate in vanity<br />Exploiting their supremacy<br />I can't believe the things you say<br />I can't believe, I can't believe the price! You pay!<br /><br />Nothing can save you<br />Justice is lost<br />Justice is raped<br />Justice is gone<br /><br />Pulling your strings<br />Justice is done<br /><br />Seeking no truth<br />Winning is all<br />Find it so grim<br />So true, so real<br /><br />Apathy their stepping stone<br />So unfeeling<br />Hidden deep animosity<br />So deceiving<br /><br />Through your eyes their light burns<br />Hoping to find<br />Inquisition sinking you<br />With prying minds<br /><br />The ultimate in vanity<br />Exploiting their supremacy<br />I can't believe the things you say<br />I can't believe, I can't believe the price! You pay!<br /><br />Nothing can save you<br />Justice is lost<br />Justice is raped<br />Justice is gone<br /><br />Pulling your strings<br />Justice is done<br /><br />Seeking no truth<br />Winning is all<br />Find it so grim<br />So true, so real<br /><br />Lady justice has been raped<br />Truth assassin<br />Rolls of red tape seal your lips<br />Now you're done in<br /><br />Their money tips her scales again<br />Make your deal<br />Just what is truth? I cannot tell<br />Cannot feel<br /><br />The ultimate in vanity<br />Exploiting their supremacy<br />I can't believe the things you say<br />I can't believe, I can't believe the price! We pay!<br /><br />Nothing can save us<br />Justice is lost<br />Justice is raped<br />Justice is gone<br /><br />Pulling your strings<br />Justice is done<br /><br />Seeking no truth<br />Winning is all<br />Find it so grim<br />So true, so real<br /><br />Seeking no truth<br />Winning is all<br />Find it so grim<br />So true, so real<br /><br />Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfg0_FbIqqwSteveBikonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-63477663471394287012014-11-10T19:56:16.922-06:002014-11-10T19:56:16.922-06:001) Wall Of Denial - Stevie Ray Vaughn
2) Evil...1) Wall Of Denial - Stevie Ray Vaughn <br /><br />2) Evil In The Air - Michael Hill's Blues Mob <br /><br />3) Know Your Enemy - Rage Against The Machine <br /><br />4) Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine <br /><br />5) Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine <br /><br />6) Bluestime In America - Michael Hill's Blues Mob <br /><br />7) Auslander - Living Colour <br /><br />8) Maggot Brain - Funkadelic <br /><br />9) Super Stupid - Funkadelic <br /><br />10) Wall - Living ColourMiles_Ellisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-85711477548008160992014-11-10T12:55:36.933-06:002014-11-10T12:55:36.933-06:00As an off-shoot of Southern slavery, a book I woul...As an off-shoot of Southern slavery, a book I would<br />recommend to anyone interested in a social narrative from a black voice is "All<br />God’s Dangers: The life of Nate Shaw." This book was “written” by Theodore<br />Rosengarten. I use quotes because he essentially took dictation from Nate Shaw,<br />whom in his mid-80’s recounted his life as a sharecropper in Alabama. His life’s<br />story is captivating, and gives one a first-hand account of life as black<br />person in the South between 1885 and 1973. For me it was fascinating how the<br />lives of white and black folks in the South were so intimate, yet the social<br />order as dictated by white supremacy<br />created such a significant gulf. <br /><br /><br />At the very least, look it up on Amazon, or whatever your source for book reviews is. It's a good read.SWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-5464576089605928522014-11-10T10:20:05.982-06:002014-11-10T10:20:05.982-06:00If you were putting together a ten song soundtrack...If you were putting together a ten song soundtrack to describe this moment what would it be?chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-3177647614569581732014-11-10T10:15:44.287-06:002014-11-10T10:15:44.287-06:00When these subjects come up in my classes through ...When these subjects come up in my classes through either reading assignments or conversation the students are either indifferent, numb to it, could care less because they are petit authoritarians, or are self-medicating via social media and telephones. Sad really. A few who are upset and disgusted already know about these issues to begin with. Seems like a good snapshot of the general public.chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-35760053912799740802014-11-10T09:27:30.033-06:002014-11-10T09:27:30.033-06:00So true. Just look at the push-back from the propo...So true. Just look at the push-back from the proposed changes to the AP history course framework because some morons think it focuses too much on negative aspects of our history. <br /><br /><br />Of course, if you raise your children to believe their country can do no wrong, it makes it a lot easier to manipulate and abuse their rights. How many Americans still believe our country does not torture? Or spy on our own without a search warrant? Or do not illegally seize private assets without a trial? We do all these things and much more, but the myth that we don't is a powerful drug.DanFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-56987389668976766322014-11-09T23:20:24.570-06:002014-11-09T23:20:24.570-06:00In the immortal words of Rage Against The Machine:...In the immortal words of Rage Against The Machine: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."Miles_Ellisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-21851617458631038252014-11-09T18:10:40.914-06:002014-11-09T18:10:40.914-06:00When History encounters a Foundation Myth, it rare...When History encounters a Foundation Myth, it rarely comes out the winner. Or I guess another way of saying that is that in order to deny the present, you need to deny the past.Sandy Young (Corkingiron)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-3566845298916373582014-11-09T17:27:34.105-06:002014-11-09T17:27:34.105-06:00I am surprised by how his thesis could even be met...I am surprised by how his thesis could even be met with any controversy by smart and supposedly serious people. I remain surprised by how folks who should know better show umbrage towards the fact that the U.S. Constitution is a pro slavery document written to protect the interests of the planter class. Likewise, what serious and supposedly smart people still believe that slavery would have died out under its own weight?<br /><br /><br />Is it just ideology interfering w. the evidence and data?chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-64976363875905900592014-11-09T16:46:38.549-06:002014-11-09T16:46:38.549-06:00He does an excellent job of tearing down many of t...He does an excellent job of tearing down many of the "silos" that have been created to account for slavery. For example, he makes the important distinctions between slavery in the southeastern states, and slavery in the newer southwestern ones. <br />One of the points he made that re-ordered my thinking was his claim that Britain did not really abandon slavery in the 1830's. British investors still invested in and profited from black bodies - by lending money to slave traders, investing in mortgages, investing in insurance schemes, capitalizing southern banks and state loans, etc. <br />But I think the book's greatest contribution is to put to rest the idea that slavery would have died out under its own weight. In light of what Baptist has written, that idea seems almost romantic to me now.Sandy Young (Corkingiron)noreply@blogger.com